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Cold War: Haig memorandum for President Reagan ("Immediate Critical Choices in Foreign Policy") ["You must very soon decide how the United States will respond to Soviet-inspired proxy adventurism"; argues for the "imposition of a blockade [of Cuba] if necessary ... use force to carry out the blockade if we must"] [published 2022]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: White House
Source: Foreign Relations of the United States 1981-89 (Volume I) Foundations of Foreign Policy p119
Editorial comments:

Undated; listed by date of drafting by Lawrence Eagleburger. Other documents from this volume can be seen here. Read the whole volume.

Published in 2022 but date of declassification unknown. The document may have been available for some time before inclusion in this volume.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 7pp
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (International organizations), Foreign policy - theory and process, Trade, Economic policy - theory and process